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COMING SOON: Fleet Foxes, ‘Helplessness Blues’
The Artist/Album: Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues (May 3, Sub Pop) The Details: Twelve months and four studios went into the recording of Fleet Foxes’ second full-length, which was co-produced by the band and indie rock vet Phil Elk (Modest Mouse, The Shins, Pretty Girls Make Graves). From the sound of the following free MP3, things […]
TEST PRESSING: Stream New Songs By David Lynch, Com Truise, Daedelus, The Kills, and Steve Moore
Photo by Aaron Richter For more stream-able songs, head here.
FREE ASSOCIATION: Stream Francesco Tristano’s ‘Idiosynkrasia’ Album and Read His Track-By-Track Commentary
As closely aligned as classical and electronic music can be these days, we can’t think of too many artists who’ve been asked to play François K’s Deep Space party and a proper seated gig featuring crossover composers like John Cage and Philip Glass. And yet, that’s where Franceso Tristano‘s at this week, as the Baroque-schooled […]
VIDEO: Watch 20 of Our Favorite PS22 Chorus Covers, Including Ariel Pink, The Cure, Tom Waits, Björk and Black Sabbath
In case Pitchfork and Twitter didn’t get to you first, self-titled thought we’d share the PS22 Chorus’ rather priceless rendition of “Round and Round.” That’d be the Ariel Pink song that was the soundtrack to everyone’s Wet Hot American Summer last year. And while we’re at it, how about we sift 19 more s/t-approved cover […]
COMING SOON: Zombi, ‘Escape Velocity’
The Artist/Album: Zombi, Escape Velocity (May 10, Relapse) The Details: A little less Goblin; a lot more Giorgio Moroder, with enough Kraut-rock flavorings to keep things interesting. Or as synth-slinger Steve Moore put it, “I think the album came together exactly as planned, considering we had no plan. In fact, I’m not even sure we […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: How To Dress Well’s Wire Magazine Mix
Check out the tracklisting (via The Wire) after the jump and How To Dress Well‘s non-musical influences feature here…
NOW PLAYING: Sonic Youth, ‘Simon Werner a Disparu’ Soundtrack
The Artist/Album: Sonic Youth, Simon Werner a Disparu (SYR, 2011) A Short Review: Well there you have it: Sonic Youth’s SYR imprint isn’t as strictly experimental as you’d expect. Take this French film soundtrack, for instance. Aside from a few chalkboard-scraping high notes and feedback flareups, Simon Werner a Disparu is driven by welcome departures […]